1887-10-22 — Page 3

No. 7545,-OCTOer 23, 1887.]

Tan Singapore Free Prem anys:- We are told that one of the officers of E. J. Battler was on board the Wasp when ahot loft for Hongkong, having been perjuusted

That I hope you will pardon me if I have

and the wrong expresión hore, but I fancy you will and it in the works of

Robert Burns.

THE CHINA MAIL.

-

to' come north, to that “islation by That one of this jokes arising out of the you to the Peak, and dues téo only wish to do full justice to Lieatont Ailuma with thinn, they are not varying out the

Admiral. This was Lanat. Bertiu A.

who was the Navkating Officer. of Hattler, unuissioned to that appoi intent 21st Jano, 1887-- Under the circumstances none of the officers of H.M.S. Rattler were present at night (14th inst.) at the performance on board B. M, Orien

proposed Sentch Undart is that of lu troducing National Tableaune Vicants into the programine, but that no one can be found it to represent Rob Roy of the Dugal Cratur, though there are molly aspirants.

"We" grimible", about accidents to guri froncinds and frolere our naval constructors incompotent; what then minat be thought. That it would ha A gand thing if the Eng- of the designors of the American Alishmen bore were to organise and form a Fanta 1 Armed with two Bin, and two

St. George's Society--on similar lines to 6-in. guns, she at the first round

those of the Scottish Society and, ander, recoil the

the emblem of the Ram, engage in

North o the Tweed

dimbledonore destroynd

hy

the

became

shaken to pieces the deck splintered an capensive but no doubt, valuable experintent on ti trial by error principio Cd Engineer and Balder.

THE PARTICULAS of the competition con mooted with the proposed Donton Fras Library afford another instance of the way in which commons-nse is eennomized in

uch amatters.

The architect will not be ta=" quired to superintend this erection of the building: £21 bs. will be paid to him ne fuil compensation for the drawings and specilic ations the building is not to cost man, tlun £1,500 and a tender to that effect it. accompany the drawings —J, 0, & F. Engi neer and Builder

the

THE Foaches Echo says We have latoly noticed a number of new Opium dens aprifging up about the place. We are told that this is the result of the new coslitión of Hai kewan und Lekin duties on opium, which gives grontar codurity?: to retailer, as ho cannot now be pounced upon by

aud Tanners,

Bruggling the accused of drag, the baro accusation only to be stoned for by a good round squeeze. We ate making enquiries, and hope to inform aur readers in an early issue of the number of new shops opened.

over the traces, he Houts at regula-ware a most efficient paymaster, and he cura a substituts other from the crema of

te Junior Fours or from the other mem tiona all kinds and refuses to be KAYO you a very good certificate.

This concluded the oridauen..-

bera ni, the Clubes ›trammelled any hw human or Prisoner (who was considerably affected, 11.—Chat these resolutions shall be con- he makes in favour of carrying and appeared to feel las posi in keely) sidered and unless the Committed are

My Lord, I

I wish to make a few remarks. I eatigbed that by acting in" nopordance

by slaturg us plainly as possible that, un fhe wishes of the majority of thuar members as my duties were concerned, he invariably who are interested in the regatta.

J. H. STEWART LOUKHABE, carried out his instructions, and there it no blame in any justice, could possibly. be at

lion. Secretary tahod to him to the matter. I am sorry to say that all my official papers have beer sant Home, and therefore I have no do simentary evidence to bring in support of my provions conduct and character. How ever, this appointment which I held as pay- mastor on the ship was the socand e the same kind. Therefore I think my character must have stood Admiralty. I had oth years of

on his own terme, having apparently no trouble in clearing away all opposition and any hope of more moderate fares, That it is a moot guest whether bill this is the result of united action on the past of the Guild, or in volved from the innate depravity of santi individual coolio. That the coues of it is of little cuts queste to the public, but that the effect revenis a rapidly growing evil whio's ought to be grappled with by the propar authorities.

froidly rivalry with their brethren frae That here, however, a diffol'y comes in,Alway oud and honogh, at the

That it is rather too much for one section

evouteon aervice, and very Highest tostimoziels

whether it is the business of the Police from earned the haz Eserved. I

the officets ouder

*dad October 1897.

CORRESPONDENCE

***INTERPRETATION, IN THE

SUPREME COURT

"To the Editor of the Cana MAIL;!

Hongkong, Oct, 27, SIB,-Yan zeler in your editorial of yes terday to my growl" in the Supreme

Amoy.

(From our Corresponden", }

Amoy, 18chi Octobry 1897.. Sinca writing my lust, the Mula men wha niabher the four Eur peans at Amey on the 2nd instant have beer tried at the Spanish Consulate General. After a patient hibaring extending over smo days, two of them wore fund guilty and were sent to Manila last Saturday by the S. S. Visayas to be sentenced by the Suprema Court. The man who was stabbed in the

throat is improving slowly, but is not uut of danger yet; the other three men have left in their respective vousola,

From what I can learn from the evidenes it appears that a German boy belonging

Japanese brothel where the Manila

SPORT AT FOOCHOW In sporting cirules the great evust of the week has boun, tão seriyal the Iubsaripë fion griffins, olevour in nü

On the

you being reported yesterday morning, hail the mokes be landed, and wan 14th irish bris began saking unexbulher, dored round with expectati. looks. Thoan

vitod, she donne at tha

that they m me lack with the report passed the griffins in the river, and this they saw a row of eleven 1 lovely bonds And

Well now that the griffins are land- we must say that the connecting parts. between the heads and tails are quite up to the promise, We havo, never seg i landed

thom

resolt a mis looking lot of ponies, uCE such splendid order, hardly & scratch on any ot

ixit even air approach to s and Ixit fame duck atnong thon

The O. O had an express out atau carly hour this morning (16th list) saying that the grains would be landed when the tide

immediately after, (probably, about IL

ot of the Registrar General; but there is went through the whole of the Egyptian Court on Thursday about the interpretation, to the German barque Blisabeth was in fuited, and thint the drawing ide

and was in charge of the clerical dend you ear that it was probably not in- of the community to entertain all to no doubt whatever that the coolits now pariment at Port Sud during the Inst tended to have any weight outside the jury men were, and called one of them a blatoon 22 about a garter of ad bour

and was merely a trick of fengu on behalf of have the ball at their feat, and can kick two z and half, and forty my client. Laim sorry to any that it was wonkey. The Manila mon immediately safely ashore and hitched in a row to thes

I from

the officers in there I would beg your Lord tot It was a corous complaint, not caused chased the bay, who ran into the street tre

the wildestanding of the mo- inorely by ship the consider buw terribly 1 aiment, whether that was on my side of Me Where there were five Europeane standing,

other nationalities represented bore year siter year, und besides there are distress.

ed Englishers to foliove in Hongkong

high

it well.

command

That the wild confuction which greets the

of

Th

ashamed, the ponies were all wo, compound, and thu cen--

andriticism from

from merova.

Hentar DRFECTOPIO cosas. Saa Eny-Bolt at the bunclusion putinded by the loss of mp official position | Ball's, but a cumplaint that havo beon on and ran to them for

protection. One of

the cloaked with their's

That the two Societies would work well together, and mighs arranga to give HORMO form of entertainment alternately, on Their respective Saints days; and "is lime wo might even have the Bhaisrock represented, to complete the national Trinity.

Tint the Pross should take up the question:

of the sale and tenure of Crowa Jande, as tera ia but very slender hope of the matter being pressed forward in the Counell,

That somehow, whether justly or unjustly,

the inconsistency which has bitherto been

beon oredited to our able. Surveyor. General

and my weld position. I have already

of

of

adtea had

A number having been fited to sach performance, when the oariages bom upware of three months. In custody, with the Hoport of the Coimising Manila men skod, Who called mo a black pony, and corresponding nuntion and block the way and ram ecch other in the the time. Tommitted this occifiores and with your own opinion us to Mr Bill's monkey! The Europeans said none of them the notits of suluseibers having been put

fealing myself getting deeply into diffout thes

lato to most charming manner, na long been a

separate

hate, and subscribera done so, bat, before they know and I did met koow what I I was doing. I capabilities. He is a gentleman

quickly knew their fit grievance, over which one uses unparlia must have been mad, I think I did not tion, highly intelligunt, fully capable of what had happened, four of the were

A mulish Dup, fill to De Garderord following au saamination or cross-exanina, mentary language at the time, but je know what I was doing at all. The remorsetion of only subject. His command ofthio stabbed. The boy who was the cause of nil powerful ereum, dack chusaut, very stron

I have suffered since it is impossible to tell. Cantores 18, 85 Juu Ry, perfect. His the trouble got off scot frea.

and La gray big barcolled, fell to Mir 0. Aitch. apt to forget next morning.

I would warnoatly beg any Lordship to recommand of his own language is also per-

A racing, looking groy was Major Bigstock's That, at the sa no time, seeing that no memh my age, and give me a chance of

raw. A stout grey Pony now belongs to difficulty should be experienced on the beginning life again in a new country,

Mr Wood, & cooby grey fall to Mr Bun- while I ara still sing enough to hep the

er. A speckled grey is new Me Ellerton fine esplanade in front of the City I may retrieve the character I have lost

property white, very racy, fall to Mr Hall, the perfus:ly di interested and nud if I cant any fotare time, passibly

Belmore's lot. A grey, rather beat wad onsolish remarks which Tam makes on reimburse the Government fur the money

tacked, was drawn by Ms Siems. A have robbed them of, I will do so.interan

lanky grey, fell to Mr Man Hing. this subject in your morning contem Hia Lordship Is that all you wish to

Of the lot Me Belmore's is the most vac- porary strike mo as olarmingly refresh say

Frisquer-That is all, my Lord. ing

His Lordship-William Hog Wolseley

of forgery. It is

distressing for everybody

In

fact, and his Pwer of retidering from the M. S. Uorddia strived from Shanghai one into the other, clearly, terasly and no tho th and left for tlungkung on the carately, is undoubted. As far bie perfer Bh honesty of his interpretation Tint is abso

The Chinees Tolograph Company issard lutely boynn. Quubt I would not even refer to it, but that you have done so. My coma circular on the 11th, atating that the

inter- plaint is that Mr Bail Fgels the work preling, dayafter day hour aftertour, in the Tapes, Forties, and that the tariff was ing looking, but Me Ellerton's was the most telegraph line had ben laid from Fouchow Courts to be

be monotonous,

wesrisome, tedi more wearisome lo OE, 2

a2 undoubtedly it is.

We interest

the subscribers and the congratulate bo sent under seven words. Yesterday they Race Club generally on the prospect of good the chief feature of Governmental notion That the noise of a rabble of chair-cuolies Markham, you stand bef ce this Court more wearade to une not notailed tube 57 cents par word, but no message would generally adunica ver by

ed in the result of a case than most cross. in connection with land, has generally outside the Hall on the ocasions I speak guilty, on your own ple here to see you which aro simply feelers, leading up to ons the tarif had bees reduced to 39 cents per think a word of commendation is dus to the

examinatione. Fifty questions are

ats naked sent nuotser circular round, stating thist sport being afforded by then ponses, and we "peridontly gratis on Tam's too sene the position you now are in. It is my or two that are or may be important, Mr word, but no message was to be less than solector, and shipper in the North Y

painful duty to pass the sentence of the Ball has eased to take any interest cther 7 words us the rate for 7 words wound be Coat upon yon. Educated--as you have than a philological interest in his work charged for a less number sent been-ns

a gentleman, brought up 38 He duck it, or the greater part of gentleman and, for the last seventeen

The neighbour as yourself, that the noise jesty's navy, and occupying a high position sound of the question and wiwer passes in the interpretation comes out of at the ear and the rabble be both inflicted on felina now must be of the acutest, this out of a ma, för Shanghai next day,

of treat which you have betrayed, ~ your

treatly sa in rule, but not always. No impression, or the inhabitants of Beaconsfield Arcado. nad 1 trust your autores that the very faintest, remains on the brain,

For the transient Al Tam, sh Tam, you'll get your fe of the bout, you have sacriff Me Ball is naked to

pleasures of the

repeat an answer he day,

has just given, he seldom is able to do it CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE your name, your reputation and freedom. I will not harrow your wants the question repeated and he puts

it again

ate the witness. Mr Ball nearly AL

The following da the Report for prosent. feelings with further words: sufice it to way's lias sutud book or paper or subject of

stion to the shareholders of this Company. say that I have perased with great cure the study with hic in Ceart, in which he depuratione taken by the Magistrate, and in his attenting in the intervals of work at the sixth ordinary general meeting, to he them I can and no attenuating circum-

That the circumstances of the sale of the

THE POWER OF ENGLAND. All the Vienha newspapers publish detailed and sym pathetic reports of the cordial reception accorded to the British fleet at Triests. The Neue Freie Prase, the loading Laborsi : "old property of P. & 0. Company should journal in Austria, says It is now the fashion to speak of Ergiand's docadonor,

but, in

in spite of all that may be adduced in support of this pessimist view, the fact remains and Great Lonem in the physical power has not its equal in the world, and can only be compared with the greatness of amiant Bozo, 2

Thero

THE Whitehall Recow remarks would appear to be a lack of aspirants to snch comfortable and easy-going appoint menting aidos do canip to colonial govern, ors. Thus the present Governors of South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Barbados Trinidad, Bahamas British Guiana, Newfoundland, Natal, Mauritius, Hong

and the Straits Settlements. are all apparently without the services of a staff offleer, if we may judge by the Official lint. Thero we know, a a difficulty in

KODE

fading-candidates for theso sppointments, with their multitucions, thoughby no by no means irksome duties. While the pay is necessarily small, no officer without private mana man think of taking up the duties, while the appointmenter in most cases, maan practical banishment to a distant enlony, and consequent loss of touch with the ཁམས servica

The Singapore Free Press says there

mistaka somewhere), an bbə

the Straita Battlements and Hongkong are pro vided with A.D.C; but our contemporary forgets that our A.D.Us, are not appointed in the way mentioned by the Whitehall Review, but are chosen locally,

in

THE Foochow Echo says:-By circular or the 12th instant the public were notifed that telegraphic communication AN, ER- tablished with Forum. At present the only ports in Formins in connection ace Tamasui, Taipek and Keeluar, but with the extension of the land lines to the South in Que

our friends in Taiwan zill be

Conversation WIE telegraphic

with the outer: world. They will then line without delay that the Sultan of Morocco is dead; also that Queen Aumo has passed away, ado such other interesting items, as are daily. flashed to onlong the wires, to

to say nothing of's daily quotation for Banke. The tarif

cente a word

a word does not seem reason able for a beginning. The work of laying the cable, between hero and Formosa, has been performed by the Foringen. Govern-

of 24

ment cable steamer Fee Ultew, a new boat Joat

out from England. She landed the shore end of the cable if Sharp Peak on the 4th instant, and aid out as for a the wowever bad weather

White Dogs

Here

cable,

the

be fully inquired into by Government, sad the result published, so as to quiet popular dissatisfaction.

That His general impression is that Mr

Custer acted in the mattor like the. shrewd, clever mao think he is; that Me Price behaved like an innocent lamb, which he is not; noù that the P. 40. Company acted treopprehensibly, RH That the Marine Ent-holdera, schonio will be a very good thing fr the lot-holders, the Public Works Department, and the contractors ; but that the lot-owners. ought how to take steps to demunstrate how the project man" be succesfully carried through, in the public interesik. That the Reclamation ashama will, then recors the hourly support of the gunstal body of ratoprysTS,

That Mr Chater's exposition of the schane,

from his own wint of view as a large lat- owner, was excellent, and he might now favour the public with his views from the. nland-point of n-representative of the J. P. and the community, and a member of the Public Works Committee That what you call the terse report of the Committee on Interpretation may be pithy enough and contain many useful reminders, but that it tells us nothing wo did not know bafora,

That on the principle of it being none the worse for a good story being twice told, the story of the Committee may hüre a good effect upon tim now Garemor That our interpretation is a fairly good in- stance of how not to do it and that the total lack of supervision and organsition in interpretation as well as in translation forms one of the weakest points of the administration of Justice in Hongkong. That the man who speaks of the Po Leung

Kuk detectives in the same, breath as yamen-rúnpers" cannot know much about

tive ear-which is probably longer than that organ usually is,--and he coolly pro- poscs, with a jaunty sort of indication

about the suggestion of loving your Teara: associating with officere of Her Ma mechanically, PA Onically H. Md. Heroine arrived from Kesurg

fairin, otc etc.

That It Reuter's aim is to undo history, be

may be congratulated su his secos for instance, did an ever receive e treatment than the Saltan of Movoce

Your

Kives

Sunday 1th I believe she leaves for Hongkong on Friday.

the Telegraph steamer Fee Cheu arrived from the Pescadores on Sunday and left

LIMITED.

has at liis hand tirat he is killed with states. These stared to what you me very laudable thin in itapif, but bad when held at the offices of the general agents,.on

today, and I am giving it every considera- the mind contouren working on the Sutnrday, Oct. 29th, 1887, at 00

The prisoner was then removed.

CRICKET

Quotations HONURONG, October 22. OPLUM-New Fatura, crab, 495

11

Banky!

Old

Naw Betares, cash;, 480.

Old

cash

32:48

540,60

New Malt caah 620 Allowance, Tels. 2492 Old Malwa, ca Allowance, Teel... Persian, Olly, canh 550- Allowance, Taelx....... Nono Porkian, Piper tiel 710 Allowance, Tools Noris

1109 Boni, October 22,

The General Agents and Consulting Committee have now the pleasure of laying | On Leolog – before the Shareholders the fir- dcounts ur dhe year 1886, and an upen Statement of the prespat year's working to 50th altinopte

Credits

On dem

3 days' night,

Documentary mouths' sight

On debrand Crediti, 4 months sight On New York

On demand,...

Internal disorders, then the internal tion. The must lonient soutenen In pass relatively to the case before the Court I subject when ought to be given disorders Antransferred to his can- npan you is that ven he imprisoned, for avo

* | habitualy sit upposito Me Ball. I am on

my legs who exun-ulig or ervas examin try, and finally the worthy Sultan years, with hard inbons is resurrected so I suppose we shall

ing witnesses. see Mr Bali doczna

· I ·

KIT following him closalp us certain loura in couro of tims that neither the

that hise times out of ten kis mard is not in Sultan nor his country were ever in

the peas, his intelligence is not working, The profit on the Working Account of The announcement that a pick up game this interpretation is purely mechanical and 1886, after providing for all outstanding ternally mov.d.N

would take plea to day drew together a now and then be has to be, na if were, stirred claims, is 8277-572.6k, but of which the | On Parli̟--- That if the historian of the future over has sufficient nuraber of reembers to make two king of hi Cantone e Grammar or of for Dividend of 10 to Shuren Iders, and up and his attention aroused. I believe he sum of $103,618.27 has already been paid Occasiou to refer to any records of sides of twelve each, the teams being cap his Chinese studies or of some cognato and Bonus of 20% to contributors of premis. Reuter's messages that may survive, I do by A. 3. Leach and E. J. Coxon, jest. Now an interpreter in a care in Court The balance of 879, 154.57 it us our not envy him, the mudile in which The latter captain's team wonf first to bit. ought, in my humble opinion, to give lua decided to dispose of by adding 10 On Bombay

and succeded by pretty steady play in ran. Whole attention to the matter in hand. He Reserve Pund the sum of 242,00), thereby

cannot do justice to counsel or witness it increasing it to $231, 00

00, and paying follows

Bonus 5. Question

of contributors pany influentially represented in Bong.ng up the respectable total of 108, to ho does not de ses further

and hs- making the totsi return year 25 which Coxon contributed 20 before hem on an a long and connected

interpreter is

To that Thaned that this contsa wid tion the kong, whose report for 1886 is lately bowled by Leach, and Licat Metalfe Fennection ho cannot always gather the the general approval of the Stureboldara. published, took £135,910 in foreign 24 Double Egures were also reached full tucaning

ning of each Ruestion, or

o give full The estimated

roht on the Werzing peenrume and paid £135,044 in losses by F. I. O. Wilson, who had 16,

effect to the

An interpreter too Account of answer.

of the

Fear, arter

making be called

later on to Lupoy. and expenditure, not including the gene and Lieut. Bigginbotham who had 16 give evidelice, say in perjury cas

allowance for all 100g sonistimes.

corp- ina

as to missions and charges in 8420,387, 96. ral expense of theusgement; and that Loaoh's toom were somewhat Into what has been said by witness in Consulting Committee. – Under Section 16 Twich I have been of the Articles of Asociatiar, 5 Members by enlicitors about

have to be appointed to serve with thủ

will find himself.

That an English Eiro Insurance Com-

case,

to

Credits, 60 days sight,

Wiza,!

Da

dommand, On Onlytea→→

On deinad,

On Shaugha

On demana: 30 days sit. Gold Toal:100 fine Sovereignis,

Temperature

400 400

3818

$0.22

such a result does not seero-to-justity in going to bat, and before the inning and when I have getir Chairman on the Consulting Committer (Taken at Slessra Hülconer di f'o. i Premua,

A course of action such as that recently could be finished the light gave out. maugurate there

at the Local Offices are directing such of

Guished with a fotal of 63 and we wickets to full. To this total R. Maitland con- their clients, whose business they don'ttributed 23, and A. de O. Scanlan 14. F. H. want at the price, whors to go to get cheap Wilson bowled very well for Coxon's insurance, and are standing by. with team and A. J. Leath and E. C. Smith for mallo to await events.

BROWNIE

THE CHARGE AGAINST EX-PAY- MASTER MARKHAM.

PRISONER CONVICTED OF FORGZZY,

The case of the Queen erat William

the subject on which he writes, Hogg Wolseley Markham, into Paymaster on

the other aidu.

THE VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB. THE FORTHCOMING REGATTA. The following resolutions passed at a Committee Meeting held on the 20th in are published for general information -

The Committee, having daanimously re-

years should be modified in order to allow.

the regatta, decide :--

No, to reuenberd nothing. Now you present Members, Messrs. Ryrie, Dalry in BAROMSTEN Bat I give evidence, the answor was during the ensuing financial year, and the liave the substance inuch business in the Courts. I have sunty eligible offer thetanulves for re-election ac Sason and Darby being of my grow. Thare

Thare ple, Buttomley, opportunity

of noting Mr Ball's work as trement

that he does not give to his work stall time way of

of doing is. I konstfly am of opinion

at

from the Cology, but the Unoral

that intelligent attention it really needs || Agenta dhd Qu¤ulting Committee have and thut, good as his interpretation is it touch pleasure in recommending that la and

be much belter if, would be

if, when in Court, he the Honourable A, P. Mo

McEwen be re-elect. to the work of ed Auditors of the Company. Owing to the exclusively wo Ko his mind the Court.

former gentlemma's absence the accousti May I add a few words on the subject of now presented have been audited by Mr. B interpreters generally Eugros in the main J. Coxon in conjunction will Mr. Mohwen.. with the report of the Commission. I-doubt the navity of the Judges and Magis. Chiace provided there la a Interpratera. I am proper staff

tretes

JARDINE, MArmy & Co.,

General Aginta, Centon Insurance Office Limited. Hongkong, 21st October, 1887.jram

coming on obe had to cut and buoyant the Chivers Aid Society has at the pro H. M. C. Espoir, cane before 3Lr AJ solved that the arrangements meds in furmer. non vim you will never have a degent staff }

seat moment no more than one defalive, Leash, Acting Puüue Judge, in the Supreme ominy üzembera na practicable to Tomotion Every good man will be viceCapital Subscribe 600,000,00

and run for shelter under the f land. On the 7th instant, the weather

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having moderstad, she picked up the busy. and

after splicing the cable tih acroes to- wards Tamsui, pusing w the north of the White Dogs

The hñal aplices at the other end were made on the afternoon of the 8th instant. The distance from Sharp Peak Tamani is about 1 miks. We ouderstand the steamier Fee-Che, as well as the cable, was provtred Menors Jardino, Mathuson & Co. for the Provincial Government of Formosa, but she has not yet changed flage.

* FRAGRANT WATERS' MURMUR. That the hat Levés at Government House was bettor managed than the former one, although even yet some improvements might be made in the arrangements. That I understand the omission of Feverei names from your published list has beets the means of bringing out certain phases of individual character quite new to Hongkong sasiety."

That I hava hard it saggested that a shalter for the Guard of Honour and the Reg.- mental Band, from the sun and rain, might form part of the pornnout fittinge of Governtuent House.

That the son of Saint Andrew displayed sound judgment in deciding not to have

Ball this year,

That although the Ladies are combtlege disappolut, Paterfamilias probably

broathes more freely, and the Fair onts will to darbi rezave ample cene lation

That as our frie de from the North have rescired to celebrate their Balat's day by a consert, those of us who hail from farr

ther South, and have so often enjorol

and that he is under security for his good } Court to-day, at an adjourned sitting of the gaudæet i bulvibas, oser and above this mouthly Criminal Sessions. The price the evidense produced by this detentive was charged with (1) feluniously forging in the recent case was sa implicitly be certain authority for the payment of $5,000, loved by the Jary that the chief prisoner with intent to Jufraud; (2) fotomaly

was convicted

tering a certain forged authority for the That it would be unreasonable to expect payment of $5,000, with intent to do

every detective to be surrounded by a fraud; and (3) feloniously obtaining

halo of saintliness, or to possess the face from one Thomas Carroll Dempster, Pay- of a seraph,

That there are sounds or whisperinge in the air of anoth r Fete for the Alice Memorial Hapitul, to be held perhaps on the threa day of the Jubilee Celebration. That, us no very brilliant hopes exist of a.

master in the Army Pay Department, certain securities for money, with intent to defraud.

Markhain, who was not represented by Counsel, pleaded guilty to the charge.

- His Lordship (to the prisoner)-Guilty

Prisoner Yes, my Lord,

largo surplós rámaining after the Jubilesos all the counte rejoicinge are over, the idea of benefiting possibly the most di sorving charity in this wy is a very happy thought, k That the Fete will, I hear, be managed

On being asked if he had anything to say before soutence was passed, prisoner said he wished to call some witnesss as to

principally by those who are engaged on his character. the Jubiles Committee, from which càt-

48

of interpreters if they are eligible for

for some other Eillet, acting or permanent,

up

into two plassen, Sevio and Junter Fouters, and get in lieu of promotion regular

That the four-red races had he divided

deti Interproters should alwaga remali, interjun. the former to be open to such members as augmentations of salary. At the less, they are picked for the Chairman's Gap, the latter to be open to all the other members onglit to be bound for ten years gud

Paoluded from every appointment, acting or otherwise, during that period, w

of the Club, who desire to row.

2.That the Seufer Fours shall be the following race,

* The Chairman's Cup."

The American

The German Ou

That the Junior Pours shall be

The Members Cup

The Belilios Cup.

The Jubilee Cup?.

Yours faithfully,

JNO, FRANCIS

LAND SALES-

To the Editer of the ↑ GINA MAIL!

Hongkong, Oct. 28, 1887,

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT FOR TUW YEAH Exäde Ber Deazkera, 1898,

Amozo

Bemus on Contributions not yet poliectal, HANS.151)

are Fund,000. alan with the Aquist... 8971,172.3

Los Divjäçad of 10 per cent, padd to Shareholders ad Bonus of 20 per cent, to Contrība: 2 toms of Pavonia, Fr

49206,018.27

€72,164,50

$770 525.06

Cash on Darent Account, Zongkong and

Shanghai Banking Couromünü, May 19,629, 43 Fixed Deporte E cha Kuchong | Bangla Dunkley for Separation.

£195,000,00 DBe Charmrod Brok of India, Australia &

That the following racoa shili bo open Fine Bou in the Hongkong Land Morgan,

Stu, -The following extracts, truri theud Meesandle Book of Toth,

Fordon & Chica, aldonad to all Matters of the Club,

The Ladies Fure.

The International.

The Garrien Cup for four-pars.

Ito Pair Dars,”

The Double Sculling. Racs."

The Senior Scnlle

The Junior Sculla,”.

Commission may be read with intervat in Indian Government Stock,per cent Loas, connection with certains private sales of inden Government Stonic (4 per cent. Loan,

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Temperature

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at a reserved, or minimum be used for the Senior Fours and the Upea price equal to the fair, reasonable price and Foure and the four Canton Fours for value or annual rant thereof. Exchan

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The Acting Attorney General said he had the Junior Foun

cumstance I conclude that that body pre no objection to this for this Hospital to any other charitable

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which the, Jubilee Committee are not at all likely to produce, the proinators of

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Upe Charaw nilading Survey Fewo, agenta E shall be afterwards chosen for the Meats ands in the best jutereats of the whole -Cup shall be picked first, and that crews xpense of an individual, but to dispose of

bers Cup, the latter to consist of auch

Prisoner (to witness)-Will you plene state your experianas of my gendust during the journey from Chicago to Hongkong3

Inspector Matheson-Prisoner was hand-embers as have not been pisked for the community.

ed over tome nt Obicago, and from the time we left till we arrived in Hongkong begro me to troible whatever.

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Chairman's Cup.

That crews for the Chairian's Chip shall be picked on Saturday, the 20th Oct.. and for the Members Cups BuOD: MÍTE as practicable

B--That during the first four weeks al the training font nights, each week shall be tot apars for the Chairman'e and Members*

Comment is unnecessary →X'on78.

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Honghong, Gel 2 1887

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